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Mining morals, muck and Akan gold in New York City (2015)
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Parish, J. (2015). Mining morals, muck and Akan gold in New York City. Anthropology Southern Africa, 68(3-4), 290-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2015.1100520

Among Akan spirit preachers at shrines in New York, gold and gold weights are at the centre of the creation of new moral topographies in a fluid and contested context. In a get-rich-quick New York marketplace, the preachers appeal to an understanding... Read More about Mining morals, muck and Akan gold in New York City.

Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value (2015)
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(2015). Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value. Journal of Marketing Management, 652-672. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2015.1117517

Teenage mothers find themselves caught between two discourses: the irresponsibility of youth and the responsibility of motherhood. We unravel some of the complexities surrounding the performance of socially approved ‘good mothering’, from a social po... Read More about Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value.

The effects of non-trading on the illiquidity ratio (2015)
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(2015). The effects of non-trading on the illiquidity ratio. Journal of Empirical Finance, 204 -228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.05.004

Using a simulation analysis we show that non-trading can cause an overstatement of the observed illiquidity ratio. Our paper shows how this overstatement can be eliminated with a very simple adjustment to the Amihud illiquidity ratio. We find that th... Read More about The effects of non-trading on the illiquidity ratio.

Public entrepreneurship and the politics of regeneration in multi-Level governance (2015)
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Catney. (2015). Public entrepreneurship and the politics of regeneration in multi-Level governance. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15613357

The paper uses a case study of urban regeneration policy in Sheffield, UK, to explore local public entrepreneurship in a system of multi-level governance. Recent analyses of public entrepreneurs have directed attention to the macro-political structur... Read More about Public entrepreneurship and the politics of regeneration in multi-Level governance.

Beyond Occult Economies: Akan spirits, New York Idols and Detroit automobiles (2015)
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Parish. (2015). Beyond Occult Economies: Akan spirits, New York Idols and Detroit automobiles. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 5(2), 101-120. https://doi.org/10.14318/hau5.2.009

While it has been extensively recorded how the West African occult economy allows for a metanarrative critique of modernity, this article analyzes a convergence between witchcraft discourses and the capitalist market, looking through the local lens o... Read More about Beyond Occult Economies: Akan spirits, New York Idols and Detroit automobiles.

Understanding ethical luxury consumption through practice theories: A study of fine jewellery purchases (2015)
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(2015). Understanding ethical luxury consumption through practice theories: A study of fine jewellery purchases. Journal of Business Ethics, 525-543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2893-9

This paper builds on existing research investigating CSR and ethical consumption within luxury contexts, and makes several contributions to the literature. First, it addresses existing knowledge gaps by exploring the ways in which consumers perform e... Read More about Understanding ethical luxury consumption through practice theories: A study of fine jewellery purchases.

Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability (2015)
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Audzeyeva, A., & Fuertes, A. (2015). Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2649216

This paper investigates the quarter-ahead predictability of Brazil, Mexico, Philippines and Turkey credit spreads for short and long maturity bonds during two separate periods preceding and following the Lehman Brothers' default. A model based on the... Read More about Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability.

Motives for coporate cash holdings: The CEO optimism effect (2015)
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(2015). Motives for coporate cash holdings: The CEO optimism effect. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 699-732. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-015-0517-1

We examine the chief executive officer (CEO) optimism effect on managerial motives for cash holdings and find that optimistic and non-optimistic managers have significantly dissimilar purposes for holding more cash. This is consistent with both theor... Read More about Motives for coporate cash holdings: The CEO optimism effect.

The effects of Code-Share agreements on the temporal profile of airline fares (2015)
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(2015). The effects of Code-Share agreements on the temporal profile of airline fares. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42 -54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2015.03.023

This paper aims at investigating how the pricing strategy of European airlines is affected by code-share agreements on international routes. Our data cover several routes linking the main UK airports to many European destinations and includes posted... Read More about The effects of Code-Share agreements on the temporal profile of airline fares.

How to get the most from a business intelligence application during the post implementation phase? Deep structure transformation at a UK retail bank (2015)
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Audzeyeva. (2015). How to get the most from a business intelligence application during the post implementation phase? Deep structure transformation at a UK retail bank. European Journal of Information Systems, 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2014.44

This paper focuses on the process of maximizing the benefits from a business intelligence (BI) application. A general theoretical framework of analysis is formulated based on previous research into organizational deep structure and inertia. Our frame... Read More about How to get the most from a business intelligence application during the post implementation phase? Deep structure transformation at a UK retail bank.